(Debuts: Eileen Farrell, Wally Adams, Pina Bausch, Jeremy Blanton, Michael Manuel Review)
Metropolitan Opera House December 6, 1960 In English New production
ALCESTE {11} C. W. Gluck-Calzabigi/Roullet/Gossec
Alceste.................Eileen Farrell [Debut] Admиte..................Nicolai Gedda High Priest.............Walter Cassel Oracle..................William Olvis Herald..................Calvin Marsh Leaders of the People: Mildred Allen, Joan Wall, Charles Anthony, Norman Scott
Act II Ballet: Nancy King, Pina Bausch [Debut], Wally Adams [Debut], Jeremy Blanton [Debut], Ron Sequoio, and Corps de Ballet
Act III Ballet: Edith Jerell and Bruce Marks, solo dancers
Conductor...............Erich Leinsdorf
Director................Michael Manuel [Debut] Designer................Michael Manuel [Debut] Choreographer...........Antony Tudor
Translation by John Gutman
Production a gift of the Gramma Fisher Foundation, Marshalltown, Iowa
Alceste received eight performances this season and was billed as Alcestis.